Climate Resilience and Sustainability Lead

Palladium is seeking a Climate Resilience and Sustainability Lead in Patna, Bihar, to provide strategic leadership for sustainable aquaculture practices. The role involves climate risk assessments, promoting resource efficiency, and ensuring environmental compliance. Key responsibilities include designing sustainable practices, collaborating with stakeholders, and influencing policies for climate-resilient aquaculture. Candidates need a Master's degree and at least 7 years of relevant experience in environmental science or related fields.
Job Title: Climate Resilience and Sustainability Lead

Location: Patna, Bihar

About Palladium:

Palladium is a global leader in the design, development, and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with governments, businesses, and investors to solve the world's most pressing challenges. With a team of more than 3,000 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of over 35,000 experts, we help improve economies, societies, and, most importantly, people's lives.

Project Overview:

This project aims to build climate-resilient and sustainable aquaculture systems in Bihar by promoting environmentally responsible practices, adaptive technologies, and inclusive livelihoods. The project supports smallholder farmers, hatcheries, and producer groups with climate-smart aquaculture practices, biodiversity conservation, water-use efficiency, and ecosystem-based planning to mitigate the impacts of climate change and enhance long-term sustainability.

Position Summary:

The Climate Resilience and Sustainability Lead will provide strategic and technical leadership to integrate climate adaptation, environmental sustainability, and ecosystem-based approaches across all components of the aquaculture value chain. The role will focus on guiding climate risk assessments, promoting sustainable resource use, supporting policy advocacy, and ensuring that environmental safeguards are met

Key Responsibilities:
• Lead the design and implementation of climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable aquaculture practices across project sites.
• Conduct climate risk and vulnerability assessments specific to aquaculture zones, species, and production systems.
• Identify and promote technologies and practices that improve energy efficiency, reduce GHG emissions, enhance water management, and increase resilience to extreme weather events (e.g., heatwaves, floods, cyclones).
• Provide technical guidance on integrated and ecosystem-based aquaculture.
• Collaborate with production, seed, and digital teams to mainstream climate-smart principles in farm management tools and digital platforms.
• Develop sustainability benchmarks and indicators and ensure routine monitoring and reporting of environmental outcomes.
• Support capacity building and awareness campaigns on environmental stewardship and climate adaptation among farmers, hatchery operators, and community organizations.
• Lead environmental compliance, safeguard reviews, and alignment with donor and national environmental regulations (e.g., EIA, CRZ rules).
• Engage with government, research institutions, and civil society to influence policies supporting climate-resilient aquaculture and blue economy goals.
• Document and share best practices, case studies, and lessons learned at national and international platforms.

Qualifications:

Education:-
• Master’s or higher degree in Environmental Science, Climate Change, Aquaculture, Natural Resource Management, or a related discipline.

Experience:-
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in climate adaptation, sustainable aquaculture, environmental policy, or ecosystem-based resource management.
• Experience working with donor-funded projects, NGOs, or government agencies in fisheries or aquaculture is highly desirable.

Skills & Competencies:-
• Strong understanding of climate science as it relates to aquaculture systems in Bihar.
• Practical knowledge of environmental safeguards, impact assessment, and mitigation planning.
• Experience with sustainability certification schemes (e.g., ASC, BAP) and life cycle analysis is a plus.
• Excellent stakeholder coordination and training facilitation skills.
• Proficient in regional language(s), with fluency in English and Hindi.
• Willingness to travel extensively to project sites.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion:

Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status. Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding:

We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.

Disclaimer:

Palladium operates a rigorous, multi-stage selection process for all vacancies. Submission of an application does not guarantee advancement at any stage, the receipt of an offer, or onboarding to the specified role.